Contes De Fees
A French fairy tale collection from 1908, published in Paris by Hachette, gathering stories by Perrault, Leprince de Beaumont and Madame d'Aulnoy for young readers. The pictures are black-and-white wood engravings of costumed courtly figures in mid-scene: a noblewoman in a full skirt, a feathered hat, a plumed cavalier, a gesturing courtier in a crowd. A designer could take from them the crisp hatching, expressive poses and period costume details of 17th-century French dress.
